Kakinada: Fire and Evacuation Drill held at Ravindra Bharati School

Kakinada: Students got an exposure to safer way of evacuation at times of fire accidents at a Fire and Evacuation Drill organised by the Fire and Rescue Services personnel at Ravindra Bharati School here on Wednesday.

A total of 200 students witnessed the mock drill, which explained the safe methods of self evacuation during fire accidents. After noticing "the accidental fire," students of the school ran up to an emergency assembling point at an open place.

Fire Management Committee of the school rang a fire alarm continuously and fire tenders were called for immediately. First aid was administered to the fire "victims" by a team. An ambulance of the Fire and Rescue Services Department, a '108' ambulance and a private ambulance reached the spot.

A team of doctors from the government hospital too reached the accident site and rendered first aid to a victim. Fire service personnel, led by M Raja, Kakinada Divisional Fire Officer and Fire Officer Ch Ratna Babu doused the flames.